The legendary Subaru World Rally Team closed its doors in 2008, but FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem suggests that the brand may return to top-level rallying with some help from Toyota.
Subaru left the World Rally Championship all the way back in 2008, citing financial downturn as the reason the company would wind down its signature racing program. The brand has participated in American rally since, but it has not been involved in European professional racing over the past decade and a half. According to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, that may finally change.
“It’s not a secret I had a good meeting with Mr Akio Toyoda, and I ask him what we can do [about enticing more manufacturers into the WRC] and I listened to someone who is passionate. And he mentioned Subaru,” Ben Sulayem told Dirtfish. While it is far from a confirmation of an upcoming program already in progress, the potential for a new program is exciting. Subaru has three WRC driver's championships and three manufacturer's titles to its name, all with the Prodrive-run Subaru World Rally Team. While that program has been wound down for a decade and a half, the brand is in a strong position to return if it chooses to do so and receives the help from Toyota mentioned by Ben Sulayem.
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